Canadian Evaders

The following names of Canadian WWII evaders have been copied from this website’s Index to Evaders elsewhere on this website.  The notations following the evader’s name refer to the newsletter issue where his name appeared.  The index provides a means to search the AFEES newsletters that were published beginning in 1964.  The AFEES newsletter issues are all available as individual pdf files on the AFEES website at https://airforceescape.org/newsletters/. Just go to that page on the website, find the issue that you want, and print out the entire issue or just those pages you find useful. You may also find some helpful suggestions for research at https://wwii-netherlands-escape-lines.com/faqs/how-do-i-learn-about-an-allied-airman-who-was-shot-down/.    The Index to Evaders may also include additional names of Canadian evaders which may not have been identified as such.  The names listed below were identified by the notation “RCAF”.

  • Anderson, Leslie – June 1998, pg. 28 (RCAF);
  • Barnlund, Russel – Dec. 2001, pg. 28 (RCAF); Aug. 2002, pg. 5;
  • Baulter, Fred (RCAF) – Dec. 2010, pg. 28;
  • Beaton, no first name -(RCAF) Winter 1991-92, pg. 15 (aided by Jean Goelz);
  • Biddle, Good (RCAF) – December (Winter) 2004-5, pg. 6-7;
  • Bodie, B. – (RCAF) Winter 1991-92, pg. 15 (aided by Jean Goelz);
  • Bouton, no first name – (RCAF) Winter 1991-92, pg. 15 (aided by Jean Goelz);
  • Brook, Stan – March 1998, pg. 26 (RCAF);
  • Brophy, Pat – Sept. 1998, pg. 6 (RCAF);  Winter 1991-92, pg. 15 (aided by Jean Goelz);
  • Carter, Gordon G.H.F., June 1997, pg. 29 (RCAF); Sept. 1998, pg. 24 (RAF); August 1999, pg. 5; Winter (December) 2003-2004, pg. 5, 10-11 (photo) (RCAF); Summer (June) 2004, pg. 32 (RCAF); Fall (Sept.) 2004, pg. 19 (photo) (RCAF);
  • Carter, Nick (RCAF?) – March 2014, pg. 13; – March (Spring) 2010, pg. 26
  • Chris, no first name – (RCAF) Winter 1991-92, pg. 15 (aided by Jean Goelz);
  • Clements, F/O Robert (RCAF) – December 2013, pg. 10
  • Cole, Anatole – Winter 1992, pg. 14 (RCAF);
  • Conrad, RCAF Flight Lt. – July 2013, pg. 15;
  • Cox, Douglas (Doug) (RCAF, RAFES) – May 1964 Operation Bonaparte, pg. 17, 24; Summer 1989, pg. 3; 2006 Membership Directory, pg. 37; December 1996, pg. 1; June 1998, pg. 8-9 (RAF, Canadian);
  • Cristoff, C. – (RCAF) Winter 1991-92, pg. 15 (aided by Jean Goelz);
  • Day, Al (Albert) (RCAF) – Sept. 2011, pg. 7; Winter (Dec.) 2006, pg.24; Winter (December) 2007, pg. 9;
  • Debreyne, no first name – (RCAF) Winter 1991-92, pg. 15 (aided by Jean Goelz);
  • Deeth, George – December (Winter) 2004-5, pg. 4-7 (RCAF);
  • De Pape (DePope), Ray A. (Raymond) – Spring 2009, pg. 24; 2006 Membership Directory, pg. 37; December 1997, pg. 14 (RAFES); Dec. 1999, pg. 13 (RAFES); Summer 1990, pg. 11 (RCAF); Spring (March) 2005, pg. 3 (photo, RAFES Canadian branch);
  • Douglas, no first name – (RCAF) Winter 1991-92, pg. 15 (aided by Jean Goelz);
  • Doyle, Kevin J. (RCAF) – Dec. 2008, pg. 3;  Summer 1988, Part 5, pg. 2; March 2011, pg. 30; Summer 1990, pg. 17 –  photo of 22 Allied Airmen in the Ardennes, 1944;
  • Dumday (Dumsday?)- (RCAF) Winter 1991-92, pg. 15 (aided by Jean Goelz);
  • Durdin, Charles (RCAF) – Dec. 2010, pg. 28
  • Evans, Don – Winter 1991-92, pg. 3 (RCAF);
  • Fargher, Thomas Philip (RAF) – Winter 1987, pg. 10; Winter (December) 2003-2004, pg. 29 (RCAF);
  • Firestone, Harvey – 2006 Membership Directory, pg. 37; December (Winter) 2004-5, pg. 6-7 (RCAF);
  • Franklin, Ray (RCAF) – June 2012, pg. 30;
  • Freeman, J.W. – Winter (December) 2003-2004, pg. 10 (KIA), RCAF;
  • Graham, Ken – December (Winter) 2004-5, pg. 6-7 (RCAF);
  • Grandy, George – December (Winter) 2004-5, pg. 6-7 (RCAF);
  • Griffiths, Frank C. – Winter 1987, pg. 4-5; September 1996, pg. 4 (RAF) (obit and listing only); June 1997, pg.  3 (RCAF); Spring 2009, pg.  4-5; Roger Anthoine’s Aviateurs Pietons Vers la Suiss, 1940-1945, pg. 362 (see also Swiss page on this website);
  • Haberlin, no first name – (RCAF or RAF) Winter 1991-92, pg. 15 (aided by Jean Goelz);
  • Hall, John – March 1997, pg. 1 (RCAF);
  • Hamilton, Ray – March 1998, pg. 26 (RCAF);
  • Hammond, no first name – (RCAF) Winter 1991-92, pg. 15 (aided by Jean Goelz);
  • Harlton, Jack – March 1998, pg. 26 (RCAF);
  • Jennings, Douglas R. – Winter 1991-92, pg. 3 (RCAF);
  • Jones, Russell (Canadian) – March 2008, pg. 8; Dec. 1998, pg. 13 (RCAF);
  • Kelly, J.  (W.J.) – (RCAF) Winter 1991-92, pg. 15 (aided by Jean Goelz); Summer 2000, pg. 23 (RAFES Canadian branch);
  • Kinnis, Arthur – June 1997, pg. 26 (RCAF); Buchenwald survivor, June 1997, pg. 27;
  • Korpela, Oliver – Winter 1992, pg. 14 (RCAF);
  • Lassier, Ken – Dec. 2001, pg. 28 (RCAF);
  • Lawzoe, no first name – (RCAF) Winter 1991-92, pg. 15 (aided by Jean Goelz);
  • Leod, R. – (RCAF or RAF) Winter 1991-92, pg. 15 (aided by Jean Goelz);
  • Lesley (Leslie), Stuart  (RCAF)- (Canadian) – Summer 1988, Pts. 1,2,3, pg. 11; Spring 2009, pg.  24; September 1996, pg. 15; (Canadian); attended Dayton reunion – June 1997, pg. 23; Phantom Train (Nazi Ghost Train) documentary; Sept. 1996, pg. 11 (listing only); July 2001, pg. 5 (RCAF); July 2001 pg. 7 (attended Spokane reunion 2001); ; Winter 1992, pg. 4-5 ( prisoner on the Phantom Train; story as written by Rene Ponty)(for more on the Phantom Train, click here); June (Summer) 2003, pg. 10;  2006 Membership Directory, pg. 37; YouTube interview.
  • Lindsay, Bob – (Canadian) – Summer 1988, Pts. 1,2,3, pg. 11; December 1995, pg. 1; December 1996, pg.  4; Sept. 1996, pg. 11 (listing only); (RCAF Canadian); attended Dayton reunion – June 1997, pg. 23; June 1998, pg.29, 31 (RCAF); May 1999, pg. 27; Summer 1991, pg. 5 (reunion story); Winter 1991-92, pg. 3, 25; Summer 1992, pg. 12; March 2002, pg. 20, 29 (RCAF); Summer (June) 2005, pg. 31 (obit, RCAF); see also Linday, Bob above);
  • Lindsay, R.P. – Summer 1990 reunion attendance list, pg. 23; Summer 1991, pg. 3 (list of persons present); Summer 2000, pg. 16 -attended Columbia, MO reunion; Spring (March) 2005, pg. 30 (list only, RCAF);
  • Livesey, Arnold (RCAF) – Dec. 2010, pg. 28;
  • Logan, Lloyd (RCAF) – Dec. 2010, pg. 28;
  • Louzon, L. – (RCAF) Winter 1991-92, pg. 15 (aided by Jean Goelz);
  • Lussier, Ken – Aug. 2002, pg. 5 (RCAF);